Me and Billy Joe Taylor joined each other at the hipI loved him like the brother I never hadHe was my go-to-guy on 3rd and 10, made me look good at the quarterback. Texas had a man in the stands the night we beat the PanthersSaid they had a spot for both of us that next fallWe were ridin' high on pride and big time futuresSmall town paper said we had it allChorus:Up until the night me and Billy Joe drank way too much for Blue Buck Road"born to be wild" on the radio, god I still hate that songBoth of us died there in that crashBut I lived to wish I had that night backAfter that football didn't mean that muchBut until then, I thought that's who I wasDaddy had a hardware store where hard work was his livin'Peddelin' the hammers that built this townI broke his heart that summer, I told him what I wasn't planin'How to sell the nails by the poundSpent my last paycheck on an RC and a GreyhoundA front seat to the world I'd never seenI got a job, got a girl, had some cash and world in my pocketThought I'd found my place in the great machineChorus:Up until the night I got the callMama said daddy didn't feel nothin' at allShe broke down at the fellowship hall said baby we need you here with usI told my boss to wish me the best, I told my girl she wish we never met but I don't regret what I gave upCause until then I thought that's who I was.I drove straight through some twist and turnsWent through some crash and burnsStumbled through some lessons learned with the weight on my shouldersWent around the world to find the girl god had in mindGave me a better love than the one I scratched upBut until then I thought that's who I wasBut that ain't who I was